“When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life.” WorldBigsSchoolGirlLeftCuttingRegretFoolAround The WorldAustraliaBloodyLife Regret Author:Ben Nicholson
“Career is the stringing together of opportunities and jobs. Mix in public opinion and past regrets. Add a dash of future panic and a whole lot of financial uncertainty. Career is something that fools you into thinking you are in control and then takes pleasure in reminding you that you aren't. Career is the thing that will not fill you up and will never make you truly whole.” ThinkingWholeTogetherJobsPastOpportunityPleasureOpinionCareersRegretFoolAnxietyAddFinancialUncertaintyPanicPublic OpinionRemindingPast Regrets Book:Yes Please Source: Yes Please
“Only a fool has no regrets and I'm not a fool.” RegretFoolNo RegretsHave No Regrets Author:George Galloway
“I was dupedby the Secretary of the treasury [Alexander Hamilton], and made a fool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me; and of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned the deepest regret.” MadePoliticalPoliticsRegretFoolUnderstoodErrorsSchemesSecretaryTreasuryPolitical LifeHamilton Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Act', implores the Ghost of Future Regret. 'I shan't give you another chance'. [and so Jacob does] 'Damned fool,' groans the Demon of Present Regret. 'What have you done?” GivingDoeDoneChanceRegretFoolGhostDemonJacobAnother Chance Author:David Mitchell
“Only a fool wants war, but once a war starts then it cannot be fought half-heartedly. It cannot even be fought with regret, but must be waged with a savage joy in defeating the enemy, and it is that savage joy that inspires our bards to write their greatest songs about love and war.” WantLoveWritingWarAgeJoySongHalfEnemyInspireRegretFoolSavagesBardsLove And WarDefeating The EnemyGreatest Song Book:Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur Source: Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur
“Patti, did art get us?' I looked away, not really wanting to think about it. 'I don't know, Robert. I don't know.' Perhaps it did, but no one could regret that. Only a fool would regret being had by art; or a saint.” ThinkingKnowsArtRegretFoolSaint Book:Just Kids Source: Just Kids
“When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.” IfsMenActionSufferingLostLosesMistakeQualityCourageFourFailingConditionsRegretFoolBattleRespectAccountsAbsolutesDefeatWideAwakeFulfilledAssurancePitifulWide Awake Author:Carlos Castaneda
“A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural. Like homemade bread.” NaturalNiceRegretFoolStupidityGenuineBreadIdiotMelancholySophisticatedHomemade Author:Leonardo Sciascia
“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.” MenWayWantShouldMeanAsksFatherResultsVisionOpinionDoubtCuttingMinesRegretFoolMethodSeekingConvinceFollowersFoundersEchoesJungleSeekersFanaticsFlocksFetishThelema Author:Aleister Crowley